Grow Up
For Sunday, November 15, 2015 – Mark 13:1-8 We get the idea that maturity means laying down childish illusions and accepting hard realities. “Grow up!” we say, meaning stop fantasizing about having an easy life and resign yourself to the life that is. Jesus, too, wants us to grow up—to become mature children of God—but his […]
Unexpected Abundance
For Sunday, November 8, 2015 – Mark 12:38-44 To our detriment we arrange the world into opposing types: the rich and the poor, the educated and the ignorant, the moral and the immoral, the teacher and the learner, the powerful and the lowly. Jesus warns us to beware this habit and to look again. The scribes, he says, like to walk […]
Almost There?
For Sunday, November 1, 2015 – Mark 12:28-34 We can be “almost there”—almost aligned with God’s way, close to that singular clarity—when suddenly we back away. Jesus and the scribe and those listening show us how it sometimes goes, how we can come right to the brink of deeper immersion, more fully comprehending that nothing matters more than to love God […]
Closer Than We Think
For Sunday, October 25, 2015 – Mark 10:46-52 Our next healing is closer than we think. Are we ready for a different kind of life? What are we willing to do to receive it? We are quite remarkable when you think about it. We patiently sit by the roadside, angry or disappointed or afraid, for […]
